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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1887-09-25
NOCIONES DE- GHOHHTRIA
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D. ERNESTO OLLERO Y CARMONA

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las escuelas de esta provincia por
Decreto dc 4 de Julio de 1884.
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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1887-09-25
La PRFSFRVALINA"

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cossse, las aves, ia casa, q ct pescodo, Para
evitor Sc agrie la leche. Para conservGr la
nsanteqMilla frescG en- la estaci6s mas caliente,
ass como para cosservGr las considas cccinadas
q los haeUos.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1887-09-25
MEJOR QUE Ell HIELO

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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1887-09-25

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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1887-09-25

HxNEA DE COLON.
Los vaporss que hacsn este seroicio fs''en Ia
r1ta sigwisnts:
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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-03-31
Tempting a Judge.

Justice Harlan tells a story of man
who came to his house one night, an en-
tire stranger, sent in his card, and when
the Judge came down blindly toll him
that he proposed to make fortune for
both himself and the Judge if the lat
ter would give him information about
certain decision that was pending.
and was expected TO effect stocks. BE
would furnish the capital and do the
trading, dividing the profits equally.
The Justice was so taken aback by the
mans cool impudence that he hardly
knew what to say, but the humor of the
situation struck him at once, and he
asked the caller if he would please
stand up under the chandelier, where
he could get good look at his face
The stranger stood the scrutiny without
flinching. Then said the Judge: "My
friend, you have asked something that
is not only improper and impossible,
but your proposition ought to tempt me
to kick you out of the house. | scarcely
know why do not feel in the mood to
do so. | do not think you are aware of
the significance of your proposal, and
therefore l shall not treat you as | other
wise would. | am not going to enter
into a speculation with you, as that
would be wrong; but l will tell you
how you how you can get the informa-
ton you seek before any one else .
The mans face frightened up, when
the Justice continued: " On the day
when the opinion is delivered-come
to the Supreme courtroom and take
a seat on the very first bench; then as
it is read, the sound will reach your
ears first. Good evening. But wait
moment sir. You should thank me for
not kicking you down stairs.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-03-31
A Pluc}y Woman,

The Washington Pest says: I saw q
really heroic and eS---rzeOus woman at
the White House the other day. |
mean Mrs. Kidd, of New York, who
came here with Nine. Barrios. AS she
sat upon the sofa in the Green Room,
clad in rich dress of white satin and
pearls, at ease, enjoying all of the sur
foundings, one would hardly imagine
that she had hand-to hand fight with
a desperate black william she found un-
der her bed one night, and that she
won.
It was some years ago in New York
city, and was the sensation of the day.
Mrs. Kidd was then living in hand
some house just in the rear of the Wind
sor Hotel One evening her husband,
who is a large manufacturer of and
wholesale dealer in liquors, having sue
ceeded to the business of S. n. Pike, of
Cincinnati and Grand Opera House
fame, was detained at his down town
store longer than usual after dinner.
Mrs. Kidd finally went up to her cham
Der, and from some premonition looked
under the bed, when lol and horrible to
relate, she found hiding there black
giant. Did she faint, or run, or scream?
Not bit of it.
She pulled him out, and fought with
him desperately, and pushed HIM down
a long fight of stairs, and took away
the pistol he held in one hand and
threw him down the stone steps of the
stoop of the house
And then she tainted. 1t was the
proper time to faint. The colored brute
was arrested before he had gone block
and the police authorities of New York
presented the pistol to Mrs. Kidd in
token of her bravery. tell you one
cannot always tell what lady in white
eatin may do if circumstances require it.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-03-31
ODD THINGS IN CHINA.
Interesting Facts Co'latcd by Civilized
and Cultivated Ex-lIandarin.

The highest ambition of a Chinese
gentleman Is to have nice coffin and a
| fine funeral.
They feed their friends sumptuously
when dead, but let them take care of
themselves the best they could while
alive
Old women instead of the young are
the idles (belles) of society.
he highest recommendation a man
can have is in the fact of his having a
wife.
A bachelor is likened to counterfeit
coin; he is looked upon with suspicion
even by members of his own household.
Love making is only done three da s
after marriage. 1t is not onlg consid-
cred the safest way to get ahead of a
rival, but the surest way to get wife
without losing much time.
A previous acquaintanceship between
the male and female prevents them from
marriage. For this reason man seldom
| weds girl of his own town. They are
likewise prevented from marrying kins
or namesakes. Joneses are not allowed
to marry Joneses, nor Smiths to marry
Smiths.
A girl is never considered anything
else in her own fathers house than an
honored guest. She is neither respon-
sible for the family's debts nor enjoys a
share in its fortunes, as in the case of
sons.
Daughters depend upon their hus-
bands for fame and fortune, while sons
depend upon the parents and upon
themselves.
A man could borrow money on the
strength of his having a son, but no one
would advance him a cent if ne had a
dozen of daughters. The former is res
ponsible for the debts of his father for
rec generations. The latter is res
ponsible for the debts of her own hus-
When a Chinaman meets another he
shakes and squeezes his own hands;
covers his mead. If great friends had
not seen each other for a long time,
after the mutual hand-shaking they
would rub shoulders until they become
tired. Instead of asking each other
health they would say: "Have you
eaten YOUR rice, where are you going,
what IS your business when you get
there, how old are you, and how much
did you pay for your shoes?
Men wear long petticoats and carry
fans, while the women wear short jack
cts and carry canes.
Boats are drawn by horses, carriages
moved by sails.
Old men play ball and fly kites, while
children fold their arms and look on.
Schoolmasters have more power over
young than parents. If within three
years. schooling the child is not morally
as well as intellectually reformed he is
sent into another school
Parents and spectators instead of the
children are held responsible for crimes
committed by the latter.
SIT is better to be ignorant and know
how to live than to be learned and not
know how to live. The princi pal object
of a school is to learn how to live in
tranquility and happiness and nothing
more" So say all Chinese scholars.
1t is much lesser crime to steal your
neighbours OK than to steal his dog. The
former is simply personal property,
while the latter takes the place of man
-watchman.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-03-31
The Russian Police.

The following case was tried before
the St Petersburg tribunal April, %,
1886: Herassimoff the o0riudnik of a
village called Borki, in the Peterhoff dis
trict, was convicted of having put to
the torture several peasants in order to
extort confessions about robbery COM
mitted by unknown persons. The peas
ant Marakine and the two brothers
Antonoff were all three kept hanging
for several hours on a sort of improvised
strappado. They were stripped of their
clothes and their hands tied behind
passed over a rail fixed high in the wall
fortunate men were then raised over the
ground so that they could hardly touch
the icy ground VITA the tips of their
toes. The o0rjddadk appeared now and
then, asking for their confessions and
giving them blows on the head as they
refused to comply with his wishes.
One of the three victims, the peasant
Marakine, on the way to the torture
chamber was subjected to no less infam-
Gus treatment. The testimony of the
elder of the village is particularly note
worthy. ''Herassimoff (the 0OridknicE)
came to me and asked whether / could
lend him 30 men. why do you require
so many 2 I asked in order said he,
pointing to Marakine, that may make
this fellow run the gauntlet 2' The
witness answered that he would never
permit such things to be done with the
peasants of his commune, whereupon
Marakine had his hands and legs tied,
and was fastened by the legs to the back
of the car, while his body was allowed
to drag upon the ground. The horse
was made to run, and Marakine<was
dragged in the mud for about 10 yards.
Then Herassimoff said to the der:
Bring me some straw; burn him
little" But the witness refused to bring
it to him. Herasimoff was found guilty,
and condemned to one years penal serv-
itude, so lenient is the Russian law to-
wards crimes against humanity, reserv-
ing its severity for those who are work
ing for humanity. Such barbarities,
which would have set on fire Europen
diplomacy had they been committed by
q Turkish officer, are of course excep
tional, though it would be wrong to
suppose them unique. From the oppo-
site end of the empire we hear of things
which are not better, but if anything
worse. 1t was proved by judicial in
quiry before the Kisheneff tribunal that
in the Orgheef district ooreadniks and
the communal authorities had used for
long time various instruments of tor
ture, one of which called 6ooto0k, figured
on the table of material evidences"
in the court. 1t is a wooden instru-
ment, composed of two sliding beams,
which serve for screwing between them
the feet of the culprit These abomina,
tons were not unknown to the police,
but the thing was brought before the
tribunal on because the authorities ar
rested the wrong man, on whom they
used the bO0t0Ok with such zeal as to
make him a cripple. -StepRiak, in the
Fortnightiy ReUie10.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-03-31
The London Exhibition.

The Journalist says that the American
Exhibition which is to begin in London
on the 2nd Of May next, will be like q
monument in the memory of every visi-
tor. With reference to its success, there
seems to be no doubt. From the in
:ception of the undertaking, practical
business men have been at the helm, and
notwithstanding the difficulties they
have encountered, the progress made ex-
,ceeds the most sanguine of early eXpec-
itations. Observe what has been ac-
,complished, and this too without Gov
.ernment influence or aid
1. Twenty three acres of the most ac-
.cessible space have been secured in the
heart of London
Q Three of its great railways pene-
trate the grounds, and with an hours
ride can bring to the spot from ten to
twelve millions of people.
3. The arrangements for the display
of everything connected with the eXhi-
bition will be complete and convenient,
the experience of other great affairs Of
the kind in this country and in Europe,
enabling the managers to Ll..-e .1eiu
perfect.
4. The collection of art treasures,
models of architecture, specimens of ag-
ficultural implements, electrical and all
other kinds of machinery. Our methods
of farming, household utensils and de.
torations, our Vegetable, mineral, and
annual products-all these and thou
sands of other objects will pass in review,
md be not less instructive than remark
ible. In brief, the growth Of the
country will be illustrated in its differ
Ant phases from the log cabins OF the
pioneers to the palaces of our American
princes. And when Buffalo Bill at the
head of his Indians and cowboys make
lis entree before the assembled thou
sands, the romance and reality of North
American civilization will be written
down among the marvels of the age.
Who can doubt that sach an Exhibition
viii be Of surprising interest,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-03-31

fore. She, with her daughters
assistance made comfortable and pleasant
her little cottage. and collected her
hitherto neglected little children, max
ing them happy in frugal, peaceful
home. She was received as a valued
friend by Mr. Wood and his family, and
assisted greatly by them.
They had all been purified by suffer
ing and could svmpathize with others.
Lizzie Wood and Fannie Brooks be-
came fast friends, and enjoyed many
pleasant hours in the associations OF
their happy homes.
They were both strong advocates OF
temperance, for they knew to their
former sorrow the terrible hardships en-
dured by the children of the inebriate.
They we're ever ready to respond to the
wants Of such children, and sought by
every available means and arguments, to
induce those addicted to the debasing
habit to relinquish it, and become useful
members of society.
d TzZio found 1t indeed, more DlGSSCu
to give than to receive.
She never experienced a greater de-.
gree of happiness than while returning
good for evil;
(For if we feel for others needs,
And try misfortune to relieve,
Well find it just as scripture reads,
More blessed to give than to receiye)
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-03-31
sTANTON'S PUBLIC RECEPTIONS
The Great War Seer retary was Always Ae-
crssibIe 20 Soldiers Who had Fought.
from the Century Magazine.l

Although Mr.. Stanton was by nature
an accessible man, it was simply impos-
sible for him to give pffvFte audience
- a t;sIA1-af 4l-ez 175reer4z .utto daily in
oNired for him. Even Senators and
Representatives in Congress often had
difficulty in seeing him at times and in
the manner they desired, and frequent
ly accepted pot luck with the crowd In
the public reception room. Cols Hardle,
a handsome Scotch looking officer, took
charge of this room early in the morning,
and. in the name and by authority OF
the Secretary, dispatched the business
of such as neither needed nor insisted
upon the personal action OF the Secre.
tary. He also sent in the names OF
such callers as he thought the Secretary
would privately receive, and, from time
to time, went in himself to take the
Secretary's commands upon some case OF
special difficulty or importance. AS
nearly as possible to II o'clock, the Sec
retary, who had an almost religious re-
gard for this daily observance, came into
the room and took station at the little
nigh desk near the bottom, Col. Hardie
or Major Pelouze being in attendance to
assist him. He waved everybody back
who approached him, until he had COM
pleted a deliberate scrutiny of the com
pany, and had received from the officer
in attendance statement, in a low voice,
of the except nally urgent or meritorl-
Gus cases.
Then, o,e after another, he indicated
those whom he wished to draw near,
beginning with the soldiers, and, after
them, calling up the plainly dressed
women, who looked as though they
might be soldiers kinfolk. If he hap
pened to notice that a soldier had
crutches or was weak from illness he
would leave the desk and go to him
where he was seated. Officers bearing
visible tokens of wounds or disability
were also preferred suitors, but with
other gentlemen of the shoulder strap
he was usually curt Civilians he treat
ed accordingly as his humor was affected
by their statements or manner, but there
was always a general observance OF the
underlying principle that this public
reception was for those who had no
other means of access to him. 1t was
here that Mr.. Stanton might usually
be seen at his best If a case of unus-
ual galantry merit, or suffering were
stated, he would comment upon 1t
aloud to the company, ending with
moral inviting to patriotism, virtue or
fortitude. On the other hand. if he
found q woman suppliant embarrassed
by the publicity of statement and action
he would draw her beyond the desk to
the window recess and hear her there,
or send her to his room to be heard more
leisurely or privately. Some of US used
to think. while Watching the Secretary
at these receptions, that a great power
had been lost to the pulpit when he be
came lawyer; for he was an admirable
preacher, and far from averse to sermon
izinr
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-03-31
To-day or Tomorrow.

A boston contractor has in his employ
Hiberniau who is sonnet ing of wag,
and the other day when his employer
came up to him and said, "Pat, l want
you to be on hand Tomorrow the lat
ter replied; Faith, I'm not going to work
to morrow, and there's not man in the
State. that willr' ''Whyp ''No mat
ter, that's all there is about it; Pm not
going" The next day the contractor on
his way to the place where the work
was being done, met Pat en- route there
to also and the tools he carried as usual
seemed to indicate that he had changed
his mind. 81 thought you were not
coming to-dayr said the employer.
"Bad luck to the word L said about not
coming to-day; twas to morrow | OBJ
jccted to What is the use of making a
bargain to meet a man in a time that is
always day ahead of us, get up as
early as we may. Boston Budgstr
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-03-31
THE FAMILY ALBUM.


[From the San Francisco Chronicle1
DO you ever open the old album and
look over the pictures Well, the old
folks-yOur father and mother-always
look well, for, don you know, parents
are always old-fashioned. But there's
your aunt, with a coal-scuttle bonnet
and hoops, and her hair pasted down
over her forehead and parted in the
middle; with a kind of jaundice COM
plexion and bright eyes that show in
their pupils nothing but the excited,
intense interest of trying to look into
the camera for so seconds without wink
ing. And you thought she was so pretty
then, and you remember as a child when
you went and told your mother you saw
ber being kissed by her beau at the gar
den gate Then there's her beau, who
afterward married her. He was so
handsome, don't you know. Look at
him, He wears long frock coat with
lapels that curl up under his arms; he
has flaming necktie and shirt front
showing down to where the coat looks
as if it was tied by a string tight around
his waist. His trousers don't fit, and
specks, and he looks as if he had swal
lowed fly and he darent cough for
fear of spelling the picture. Then
there's yourself Well, that's not SO
bad. You know you were very pretty
as child, and you remember the dress,
and well-you're not quite so oldfash-
ioned-to yourself as the others. And
you turn the page. There's Fred, whom
you Tilted. You look at him and you're
glad you Tilted him. He used to be so
beautifully pensive. Now he looks like
an idiot, and-well-you doubt if he
ever could have been so horrid, anyway.
Then your husband comes along and
turns the book over and says: ''Do you re-
member that?" You close it on his fin.
gers; it's fearful. You have an old
fashioned, shapeless black silk gown
that looks like gingham, or something
with wide sleeves and big ruf1es, and
the skirt is gracefully punched out like
half-exhausted balloon. And you've
had the picture painted, and the beauti-
full red of your cheeks has become mot
tied, aud the neck is yellow, and the
hair is dirty brown color, and you've
got hold most awkwardly of a green
chair And your husband wonders
what he ever could see in you, until you
SHOW AiLn LIS own plCtuEe. IuCu hO
shuts up suddenly, like knife don't you
know. And the old gray headed man
comes and takes up the book. He has
lost the taste for fashions and styles, and
only the faces speak to him. he thinks,
as he looks at this faded and yellow por
trait-it is his wife when they were
both 80 years younger and photographs
were not so common-shc is for mo-
ment young again, and he remembers
how he stood in the corner afraid to
breathe until the cap was put on, in
case some movement of his lips might
break the spell and fri hten away the
sunlight But he has another picture,
older than the paper photograph. 1t is
daguerreotype. He keeps it to him
self. 1t cost him dear. 1t is of a young
girl in the first blush of womanhood,
and all the modern cameras in the world,
with all the most patent Improvements
and all the most embellishing effects,
fzan never mako beautiful a picture
for him.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-03-31
Advertising Rates.
WE HI VE CHANGED.

we feel our love has long grown cold,
And yet we dare not own
1hat, day by day, silent change
Has Ger our spirits grown.
We see it, though our eyes the while
Are blinded by our tears;
With words of former tenderness
We strive to mock our fears.
But we are changed. We are not one,
As We We're once of old.
Oh, would to God that We had died
Before our love grew cold!
We've struggled hard against our fate,
Our hearts still warm to keep,
AS way-worn men strive with the cold
That numbs them into sleep.
We have not let one unkind word
The bitter truth reveal;
The word knows not, must never know,
What both of Us now feel.
That We are changed. We are not enc,
As we were once of old.
Oh, would to God that we had died
Before our love grew cold
Bound. like the felon bound of yore,
Unto the ifeless clay,
Linked to love long dead, that shows,
Each moment more decay,
In secret we must hug our bonds,
Till death will set us free.
weep, my wife, to think that
Have forged these chains for thee;
For We are changed. We are not one,
As We were once of old.
Oh, would to God that we had died
Before our love grew cold
r. G. HALLIBURTON.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-03-31
Horses Before the Earthquake.

A lady to whom I telegraphed to
Nice for details says: at was very
curious to note how the horses appeared
affected by the coming disturbanc, :.
Long before it came they were depress-
ed, uneasy, and kept their ears flattened
back. My coachmau, who was to take
me out n Shrove Tuesday night, said
he d1d not know what was the matter
with mine. They looked to him as if
they were i'll, and so instead of going in
my own carriage sent one to livery
stable, and remarked to the driver that
| thought his horses looked queer"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-03-31
The Tricky Merchant.

A citizen said the other day concern
ing city merchant: 81 have no deal
ings with that man because l do not
think he is honest" The friend re.
monstrated at this expression, remark.
ing that he had always considered the
merchant to be upright and honorable.
Be received the following reply: 81
do not know whether | am justified in
calling the merchant dishonest, but |
base my suspicious on these facts: l
have been in the habit of sending my
Office boy to his place to buy certain
small articles that have needed, and
have noticed that very often he sells to
this child imperfect articles, and gives
him for change mutilated currency or
Canadian money, which he knows per-
fectly well older persons would not take,
as they are not acceptable in current
transactions. ] think that a merchant
who will take advantage of a child in
this way would take advantage of an
adult if he could, and ] prefer not to
do business with such persons. ."--AtJany
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-03-31

TUE story comes from Washington
that a young man from Boston whose
assurance appears to have overshadowed
his sense of propriety lately asked one of
the Justices of the Supreme Court what
would probably be their decision in the
Bell telephone case, now being cOnsid-
cred by them. The Justice is reported
to have oazed at the Young man with
mute ustonlshment and 90 have asked
him how long he had resided ID Boston,